Ganesha
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
After 100 episodes of Spirits, we wanted to welcome in a new age. And what better way than with the Hindu god of beginnings, Ganesha! We dive into the stories of how Ganesha was born, how he got his elephant head, and how he became the remover of obstacles.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.3 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.3 | And I'm Julia. And this is episode 103, Ganesha. I am very excited about this episode. Like I mentioned, |
| 0:14.9 | like five minutes from now in the actual episode. I felt like this was like a great topic for like a new |
| 0:20.3 | beginning. We reached 100 episodes |
| 0:22.3 | and this is our first like normal episode since then. And I just, I really like the conversation |
| 0:28.2 | that we had in it. Me too. I also really like having mental conversations with the people who |
| 0:33.5 | support us on Patreon, who are kind of like our family and also our like classmates at |
| 0:39.0 | school, but the classmates that you think are really chill and you kind of want to dress like. |
| 0:42.6 | And surprisingly, they're very nice to you. |
| 0:44.7 | Maybe that was just my experience in high school. |
| 0:46.0 | That might have just been your, your by showing a little bit in high school. |
| 0:48.9 | Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. |
| 0:50.0 | Well, anyway, welcome to our newest patrons, Marie, Noel, Kathleen, Jess, and Rebecca. |
| 0:55.7 | And a resounding thank you, hi, your hair looks great today to our supporting producer-level patrons. |
| 1:01.5 | Philip, Julie, Christina, Eeyore, Josie, Amara, Neil, Jessica, Phil Fresh, and Deborah. |
| 1:08.1 | And finally, our fabulous, fashionable, legend-level patrons. Steena, Jordan, Jess, |
| 1:13.5 | Sarah, Zoe, Sandra, Audra, Mercedes, Jack Marie, and Leanne. You always have the best hair. |
| 1:20.0 | Like, you're always having a good hair day. Amazing. I would buy that product. If there was something |
| 1:24.0 | in CVS that just said, always having a good hair day, I'd be like, take my money. I would just give all my money for that. Oh, my God. Can you just imagine, sorry, I'm going to get off |
| 1:32.0 | track here. Please. Can you just imagine how good it would be if you could just wake up with perfect, |
| 1:37.6 | flawless hair every single day? I would just. I would be a different person. I would. I think I would just have so much more self-confidence. |
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